On Nov 4, 2008, at 12:08 AM, EarthNSky wrote:
... I got was a package
of plastic sheets that cover the interior of windows. ...
In the package with the sheets were cardboard strips.
A little experimenting may be in order.
Basically you hold the plastic up the the window, and staple through
the cardboard strips to keep it in place and keep the wind outside.
Rolling excess plastic sheet around the cardboard strip may be good,
if there is enough extra.
Those really hard to work staple guns are right for the job.
Experiment: use a hair dryer on high to see if you can shrink the
plastic a bit once firmly stapled in place. This may be part of the
instructions you can't read. You may melt one or two till you get the
knack of it, but do carry on.
Today we came back from the home store with a roll of 6 mil plastic
(heavy) to do the front porch. (the roll is 20 feet by 100 feet,
most economical way to buy it and have plenty left to cover hay and
tractor if needed.) I got some 1x2 lumber strips to fasten it with
and will use galvanized deck screws to hold it all in place. This
stuff will go around the front porch to keep the snow and sleet off
the wood we have piled there and will add to. The porch faces due
West, and it seems that the bad weather comes from the NW. (thank you
to Canada which is not far away, and the Great Lakes.)
I found a roll of soft closed cell polyurethane sheet (maybe 8" by 25
feet and about 3/16 inch thick) which I plan to staple to the edges
(in strips) of frames made from those 1 by 2's. We have a number of
small windows here that are only one pane, and they clearly show
evidence of frost and condensation on the lower rail of the window.
The inserts I expect to build will be able to be installed and taken
out with no hardware - the foam will both hold them in place and
provide the weather stripping function.
"And Winter is a cummin in"
(Is that from a song by Tom Rush, or a poem from a poet this engineer
can't remember?)
Roy
Roy Morgan
k1lky AT earthlink.net
529 Cobb St.
Groton NY, 13073